Ranma 1/2 is my all-time favorite anime, and I'm absolutely in love with the music. Some of the soundtracks are a lot easier to get a hold of than others, but I've made it my mission to purchase physical copies of as many of them as I can. I've been collecting them on-and-off since 1998, and although my collection isn't complete, it is ever-expanding.

I managed to land a fairly rare Ranma 1/2 soundtrack last week, and that's on the way in the mail. I'll be sharing it (with great excitement) as soon as it arrives, but in the meantime I'm going to share the rest of my collection. This might take me a while as I intend to share in FLAC, and some of the CDs are getting on in age. It took me some effort to rip some of these without the tell-tale signs of old age and frequent use -- I've owned a lot of them for almost 15 years, they've been in a lot of car stereos and have traveled from one side of the country to the other -- but I've more-or-less managed it. As I replace the discs that are troublesome, I'll replace the FLAC rips as well.

So the first album of the day is an oldie but a goldie. I've included high-res scans of the art as well (the age of these discs really shows when you see high-res scans of the inserts):




Title: Ranma 1/2 - Original Television Soundtrack Volume 1
Artists: Hideharu Mori, Etsuko Nishio, Noriko Hidaka, Kaori Sakagami
Label: Viz Music
Date: 1997


Tracks:

01 - Don't Make Me Wild Like You (3:27)
02 - Here's Ranma! (1:03)
03 - You'd Better Let Me Handle This (1:02)
04 - Am I Seeing What I Think I'm Seeing...? (0:56)
05 - You've Gotta Be Kidding (0:44)
06 - My Father, the Panda (0:38)
07 - Me!? Marry that Pervert!? (1:03)
08 - Life as Usual (1:07)
09 - Okay is Not the World (0:53)
10 - Tatewaki Kuno, Age 17 (1:03)
11 - Now Do You Get It!? (0:53)
12 - Kung Fu Action Part 1 (1:00)
13 - Kung Fu Action Part 2 (0:57)
14 - O Jusenkyo! (1:03)
15 - For the Sake of the Art (0:48)
16 - His 'n' Her Suffering (1:03)
17 - You Don't Love Me Back (1:03)
18 - The Tofu Waltz (1:02)
19 - Are You Reading My Moves (1:01)
20 - Cut to the Chase (0:39)
21 - I'll Get You Next Time for Sure (0:29)
22 - Eyecatch No. 1 (0:11)
23 - Two-Part Secret Heart (3:46)
24 - Eyecatch No. 2 (0:08)
25 - What a Sweet Widdle Piggy (0:44)
26 - You're SO Uncute (0:40)
27 - Ranma vs Ryoga (1:09)
28 - You Don't Love Me Back Redux (1:06)
29 - Twisted Sister (0:44)
30 - Concerto in Black Rose (1:08)
31 - Greetings From China (1:05)
32 - You I Love (0:42)
33 - A Tight Spot (0:37)
34 - Something's Out There (0:48)
35 - I Know What You're Up To (0:45)
36 - Just So Long as You Realize (1:23)
37 - Interlude (0:51)
38 - Flamingoes Take Flight (Ranma's Conscience) (1:04)
39 - It's Like a Dream (0:42)
40 - No Surrender (1:25)
41 - Off the Top Ropes (1:15)
42 - Hijinks Ensue (0:42)
43 - Let's Keep it Friends (3:30)


Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!8tJy0KBL!TXzrwJ53_pTUbnYNMd2762smUJawwzmy5P9XDM8 b0QE
Password: takahashi

Anyone who is familiar with this album will notice that the tracks have been split. I'll be doing this with all of the albums that compile unique cues into "suites", because I prefer to be able to jump directly to the cue I'm looking for. I did all the work of splitting them up in WAV format and then created FLAC files, so they ought to retain their lossless qualities. Track order is identical to what's on the original CD, I've just split them up.

Enjoy! More incoming as I have time to rip, split, and upload.

Finally got the link up for the first album. I've never used MEGA before, so if there are any issues let me know and I'll look into an alternate host (suggestions are welcome. It's been a while since I've shared big albums like this.)

Don't worry, Mega is a wise choice: no crappy country and file size limitations and no infamous captchas.

Splitting each cue as file is also a good idea because a lot of Japanese soundtracks unfortunately include several cues in one track (sometimes encoded in "index" navigation function but not supported by most CD players and digital media players).

Thanks a lot, all lossless uploads are welcome.


Just one question: In your scans, I didn't see a "true" back cover with track-list. Do you have it or this alum have not?

I like your style, Thanks for such great work!

Splitting each cue as file is also a good idea because a lot of Japanese soundtracks unfortunately include several cues in one track (sometimes encoded in "index" navigation function but not supported by most CD players and digital media players).

Yeah, pretty much all of the Ranma 1/2 releases were done this way, and I was never a big fan of that because it makes finding the cue I'm in the mood for difficult. I think the only discs that I own which don't do it are the Opening and Closing theme collections. At least one of the albums is going to end up having generic naming on the tracks because although each track is made up of multiple cues, they haven't given each cue a name. I may have to get creative when naming them, or I might just tack a roman numeral onto each part of the track. I'll decide when I start working on that particular album.


Just one question: In your scans, I didn't see a "true" back cover with track-list. Do you have it or this alum have not?

I do have the original back cover art, but I didn't scan it because the scanner started giving me trouble when I was doing the interior of the cover art (it kept telling me that the scan failed due to an issue with the scanner. This was the first time I'd ever used it, so I'm still learning the software.)

When I'm ready to put up Volume 2 of the Original Television Soundtrack -- the cues for which I'm going to start splitting up and listening through for imperfections this afternoon -- I'll update the original post with a separate link to the scan of the first volume's back cover.

So what I'm sharing now is perhaps the single most damaged CD in my Ranma 1/2 collection: the OAV Series Box Set Bonus CD.

As far as I can tell, the only place this single was available was with the OAV Box Set released on VHS by Viz back in 1998. It contains three TV-size theme tunes from the OAVs, performed in English. This is the only time in the history of the franchise that I know of where the opening themes were re-recorded with English vocals.

Great care has gone into the digital archiving of this disc. Because it did not come with any kind of protective case and because I was only 17 years old at the time of acquisition, this CD has been put through the ringer. There was some damage to the top side of the CD which allows you to see through the disc, and as I understand it this is a really bad thing because the data is on the backside of that layer.

Fortunately, the rip came out mostly okay. I used EAC to rip the album twice -- once in secure mode and once in burst mode -- and then mixed and matched the least damaged of the tracks. After that, I used GoldWave to apply Pop/Click filtering (passive or aggressive depending on the strength of the distortion), but I only did this to the spots in the track where a pop or click has turned up. In one case I had to use the sledgehammer approach of trimming the pop out with the cut tool (I dare you to try and identify which track I did it to, and at what time marker!) The results are not perfect, but the tracks remain listenable.

Due to the rarity of the disc, I'm unsure if I'll ever be able to secure another copy of it. This may be the best I ever get, although I intend to keep an eye out for a replacement.

There was no art for this CD whatsoever, so I created a quick-and-dirty custom cover and included a scan of the disc (which shows off a lot of grunge on the CD that I've never noticed when looking at it with the naked eye. Yeesh!) Also, I've scanned the track list art for the Volume 1 OST and have included it in this archive.




Title: Ranma 1/2 - OAV Series Box Set Bonus CD
Artists: Connie Levin Russell, DoCo U.S.A.
Label: Viz Music
Date: 1998


Tracks:

01 - Love Panic (1:38)
02 - Where Do We Go From Here (You and Me) (1:57)
03 - Red Shoe Sunday (1:49)


Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!1oBTRJIb!iDu6oKThY98nbFHM-jPlxNiqtX7vjT9C1M7bQ8rdVLg
Password: takahashi

Thanks a lot for this new one.



I'll update the original post with a separate link to the scan of the first volume's back cover.
Very good idea, thanks again. ;)

thanks
Have you got Ranma � - Ongaku No Tetsujin-Hen ost ?
Impossible to find it in flac :(

The rare disc I mentioned earlier in the thread showed up in the mail today, so I'm delaying the work on Original Television Soundtrack Volume 2 in favor of working on this disc. I'm going to have to get creative in splitting up the tracks due to lack of individual cue names, and the insert is actually a full booklet, so it'll take me a little longer to scan the whole thing off. Saying that, I'll be posting it ASAP.


thanks
Have you got Ranma � - Ongaku No Tetsujin-Hen ost ?
Impossible to find it in flac :(

I ALMOST got my hands on it last month, but I decided to pick up a different disc instead. But watch this space. I might not have it until the first week of March, but it's the next disc I intend to acquire.

ok thanks ;)

You're such a hard worker and a dedicated fan. Thank for this amazing share. I'm gonna keep coming here!

So here it is, the rare disc I was talking about: Ranma 1/2 - Ultra Anything-Goes Decisive Battle! Movie vs OAV Music Collection.

This CD was released in Japan in 1994 and never made its way state-side. There is a Chinese bootleg, but this is not that. This is the genuine article. I've been looking for a reasonably priced copy since 1998, and a couple of weeks ago I found one on eBay going for about five bucks more than what it would have cost when it was originally released, so I jumped at the chance to have it.

This is widely believed to be one of the most rare Ranma 1/2 soundtracks -- right up there with the Music Ironman Collection (Ongaku No Tetsujin-Hen) -- so I've been really excited to get it into my collection, and I'm equally excited to share it here in FLAC (I've never found a FLAC encode online, although I see that someone offered to PM me a copy back in 2010, I just wasn't aware of the offer until a couple of days ago).

The CD is in pretty spectacular condition given its age, and I've had to do very little to it to make it presentable (had to re-rip one track that came out with a pretty nasty digital glitch on the first attempt). There are a couple of tracks that appear to have errors encoded into the disc -- every version of the tracks that I've ever heard have had these errors, whether it be lossy versions I've found online or in YouTube videos created from different sources -- and I've fixed those where able.

Most of the work I've done involves splitting the tracks into cues and relabeling them. I had to relabel them because, unlike the TV and Movie soundtracks, there are no separate cue titles. I've spent the last two nights watching the OAVs, finding scenes in which each cue is predominantly featured, and taking a line of dialog or an aspect of that scene for the track name. All of the Kenji Kawai tracks are named from the album, as they were originally written for the third film and do not feature multiple cues per track.

So here it is, the album I've spent half my life chasing down. I hope you enjoy it!




Title: Ranma 1/2 - Ultra Anything-Goes Decisive Battle! Movie vs OAV Music Collection
Artists: Akihisa Matsuura, Kenji Kawai, YAWMIN, DoCo
Label: Kitty Records
Date: 1994


Tracks:

1. Love Panic (3:51)
2. A Certain Clear Day (2:19)
3. We're Gonna Be Late! (0:38)
4. Playful Outing (1:33)
5. Melancholy Thoughts (1:54)
6. Premonition of Case (0:57)
7. Saotome School of Making Women Fall in Love With You (0:47)
8. Dutiful Daughters (1:03)
9. Ranko & Mr. Panda (1:17)
10. Mousse Daydreams of Love (0:38)
11. The One to Carry On (1:26)
12. Shampoo So Happy! (0:51)
13. The Food Thief Strikes (0:30)
14. The Beautiful Brooch (0:32)
15. Love is a Battle (0:46)
16. The Terrifying Power of the Reversal Jewel (1:16)
17. What a Fool (0:45)
18. Are You Gonna Eat It or Not (0:45)
19. Jolly Green Giant Meltdown (1:02)
20. I Don't Have to Eat It to Know It's Toxic (0:36)
21. Unfair Rumors (1:03)
22. Guests and Gifts (1:21)
23. Smartly Dressed and Going Out (3:00)
24. Kasumi Dreams of Christmas (1:13)
25. The Christmas Party (1:23)
26. Kasumi's Christmas Gift (1:10)
27. What Proof Do You Have That I'm Your Father (1:14)
28. The Awkward Joys of Parental Consent (1:15)
29. Not So Indifferent After All (0:47)
30. Ryoga's Recap (0:58)
31. Akane vs Kurumi (1:10)
32. The Rematch (1:08)
33. Battle for the Right to Carry On (1:39)
34. Mother's Notebook (1:07)
35. Mrs. Tendo's Little Girl (1:19)
36. Unconditional Love (1:42)
37. The Ballad of Ranma and Akane (4:29)
38. Overture (1:17)
39. A Phoenix is Born (1:59)
40. Frightful Beak Attack (1:11)
41. Dreadful Tenacity (1:25)
42. Large Decisive Battle in the Bathroom (1:17)
43. Phoenix's Secret (1:20)
44. A Gentle Gift (1:27)
45. Akane in Big Trouble (1:09)
46. Ranma vs the Phoenix (1:17)
47. The Phoenix's Frightful Gigantic Change (1:30)
48. Do or Die Mid-Air Battle (1:29)
49. Destruction (1:52)
50. The Phoenix Flies the Coop (0:43)
51. Leftovers (1:03)
52. Neverending Summer Vacation (4:31)


Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!g0ZUkAxR!qsVsvLJ4DlguWod-_TPT7y6ojYCJLexPnj1OdH4HCk8
Password: takahashi

As much as I like this album, I wish they'd have released a second volume. This disc features a couple of tracks that I can't seem to find in any of the episodes (A Certain Clear Day, Playful Outing, Melancholy Thoughts, Premonition of Case, Smartly Dressed and Going Out), but there's quite a few cues that weren't included on this album at all -- nothing from the second half of the OAV series that wasn't in the first half is here -- and that is a real shame.

Anyhoo, I'm going to take a couple of days break and then get to work on the other albums. I had another one show up in the mail yesterday, so that's exciting. :D

Thanks a lot for this new album, The Doctor.

Your great splitting/re-labeling work is very appreciated and makes you a true Ranma 1/2 music fan.

great thanks !

Thank you!

You done good soldier. :7

i have a question:
have you guys seen all the episodes? are you familiar with the episode where ranma and the others discover that theres a second store on the school and the owner is the former principal? im asking because i once supposedly downloaded all the ranma OSTS there were, looking for one single theme.
the theme im talking about it the one where the old principal is telling the "history" of the school.
no OST i got had the theme, and im wondering if any of you have heard it in an OST.

this is the episode, skip to 10:46, ignore the spanish audio and focus on the music.
RANMA 1/2 CAPITULO 116 | ANIME 100X100 (http://anime100por100.blogspot.mx/2011/03/ranma-12-capitulo-116.html#.Uv9IDvldV1Y)

Hmm. Doesn't ring a bell, sorry I can't help. But I'm bumping, maybe someone might help.

Work on the other discs has taken a backseat for a moment due to issues beyond my control. As soon as I can, I'll get back to posting.


im wondering if any of you have heard it in an OST.

Sounds like a cue composed late in the show's lifespan by Akihisa Matsuura. It may be on the Strongest Music collection. It could also be in some of his unreleased music on the Music Ironman Collection. I'll have to check my archives, but I've got a feeling that particular cue was never released.

seriously? damn, it wasnt the only place i heard it, but its the only episode where i remember exactly where it was, since i love hearing the stroy

A lot of good cues from throughout the series run and the last couple of OAVs never saw release, sadly. I'll dig through my digital archive and see if I've got that track tucked away somewhere, though it could take me a while because it's one of the cues I'm least familiar with (I'm a lot more familiar with the stuff from seasons 1 through 4, the movies and the OAVs). If I find it, I'll let you know. :)

Does anyone remember that episode where Ranma is watching Akane play with sand bags, and she's singing a song as she tosses/juggles? It was an episode about traditional martial arts, but using toys...I just really love that song, and is wondering if anyone knows the name of the song.

sooooo... bumping because im nibbling my nails with this.

Sorry for the delay on this, health issues and trouble with my scanner have set me back. I'm back to work on the FLAC rips, working on separating each of the individual cues as I did with the previous CDs. Two more CDs should be incoming soon, but potentially without the booklet scans. If I can get the scans sorted out later, I'll edit posts to add new archives of just the cans.

ROKUSHO: I can't seem to find the cue you're looking for. I don't think it was ever released. I'll keep a look-out for it, though.

Sorry to bump an old thread The Doctor but I wanted to offer my assistance regarding your Ultra Anything-Goes Decisive Battle! Movie vs OAV Music Collection cd. I bought a copy when I was in Japan back in '96 and was curious as to which tracks had errors encoded into the disc? I'd be willing to check my disk to see if it's like the one you received for the sake of the thread and my own curiosity :)

Shit yeah, good stuff in here.
:awsm:

Again, I want to apologize for the thread falling off the face of the Earth, incomplete. The health issues really piled up on me, it's set back pretty much everything I've been working on -- and some of those things have real world deadlines attached. Gulp! I'm currently on the waiting list for a couple of complicated surgeries, but unfortunately the wait seems to be taking forever. And ever. And ever.

Circumstance willing, I'll try to have the rest of the discs I currently own up in the next couple of months. The search continues for the two or three I still don't own.


Sorry to bump an old thread The Doctor but I wanted to offer my assistance regarding your Ultra Anything-Goes Decisive Battle! Movie vs OAV Music Collection cd. I bought a copy when I was in Japan back in '96 and was curious as to which tracks had errors encoded into the disc? I'd be willing to check my disk to see if it's like the one you received for the sake of the thread and my own curiosity :)

That's an awesome offer, hylianlink. :D

I'll need to get the CD out and have a listen to try and spot the problem moments, as I only have the corrected FLAC rip on my HDD. I'll grab a pad and paper and jot down the areas where the errors seem to occur and I'll get back to you. :)

So here's what's been going on:

As much as I've wanted to finish ripping and providing my collection, in February of last year some really nasty health issues began to creep up on me. They continued to build and compound until I was admitted to hospital in December, and I've been a long-term patient ever since. My discharge date is currently set for somewhere in mid-March, but I'm going to have to continue some pretty hefty out-patient treatment once I return home.

I hope to get back to working on my collection in March, but if not, know that I haven't abandoned this project. I'm still as keen as ever, I just need to get back on my feet first. I'm looking at an extremely long recovery process, unfortunately.

I saw this thread, and I am curious about that VIZ release. Specially for the split tracks of the ongaku hen.
Thank you The Doctor. :)

No problem. :)

I've got the Viz release of TV OST Vol 2 and Big Trouble in Nekonron, China more-or-less ready to go, I just have to find myself in a position to be able to upload them.

The Doctor,

Thank-you! This is a blast from my past, certainly!

Cheers,
TB

Thank you for what you've done!